Splice block for v-shaped transmission



'April 26, 1927.

. P. B. REEVES SPLICE BLOCK FOR v-sHAPED TRANSMISSION Filed Avril l2. 1926 INVEN TOR.

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A TTORNEY` vlll Patented pr. 26, i927.

i sra :PAUL B. RIEIElV'iElS,v 0F COLUMBUS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO REEVES PULLEY COMPANY,

OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION F INDIANA.

SPLICE BLOCK FOR V-SHAPED TRANSMISSION.

Application filed April 12, 1926. serial No. 101,291.

My invention relates to improvements in driving belts and particularly to that type of driving belt used in connection with the type of transmission which has for along period been commercially known as the eeves transmission. The driving belt forthis type oftransmission usually comprises a flexible continuous band on one face of which there is adapted tov be secured a series of cross-bars in the form 0f blocks the "end faces of which are inclined inwardly to form a'wedge shaped block and on these inclined faces is preferably secured a friction facing of leather or other suitable means. The blocks at their tops are generally curved and secured transversely to the band by suitable securing means.

It is the object of my present invention to provide an improved means for connect-V ing the free ends of the band to form a con tinuousvbelt, this means being so constructed that the free ends may readily be connected and disconnected t permit of repair and adjustment. v

For the purpose of disclosingr my invention l have illustrated certain embodiments thereof in the accompanying `drawings in whichy Fig. l is a plan view of the type of transmission to which my belt is particularly, adapted for use;

Fig. 2 is aside elevation partly in section of a portion of the transmission belt show- Y ing particularly the connection for the two ends of the belt;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the block at the two connected ends of the belt partly in section and partly in elevation.

In the structures illustrated the belt comprises a flexible band l usually formed of fabric, to which at regular intervals are secured the wedge shaped cross bars 2. These bars at their ends being inclined downwardly and inwardly and provided with leather friction faces 3 secured in position by any suitable means, as counter-sunk screws. The cross bars, and particularly the cross bar at the junction of the two ends of the belt, may readily be formed of aluminum or like material. VAt the connection point' for the ends of the belt the cross loarfis formed of two sections 4; and 5 which when assembled form a complete cross bar corresponding in shape and dimensions to' the remaining cross bars. The adjacent faces-of the sections t and 5 are each providedV with interdigitated lugs or ears 6 l` nesting in corresionding' counter-sunk sockets in Vthe face of the opposite section so that when the sections 4 and 5 areplacetl together the `adjacent faces will fit snugly. The ears or lugs 6 are provided with transversely exrtending openings to receive a locking pin l adapted to extend therethrough and preferably threaded at one end 8. to take into an internally threaded ear. The adjacent ends of the belt l are each secured on the top of one of the sections by means of securing Vscrews 9 which pass through clampingplates l() on the top of the end of the belt through the belt and Ainto the section. p

l claim as my invention:

l. A driving` belt comprisingra band and a' seriesof transversely extending friction blocks secured on one face thereof one of said blocks comprising two sections Hexible each secured to the Y free end of the band and K 'l having` on the adjacent abutting faces thereo't interdigitated fingers and means passing through said fingers for Ylocking the sections together.

2. A driving` belt comprising a flexible band and a series of transversely extending friction blocks secured on oneI face thereof one `of said blocks beingdivided into two sections each secured to a free end of the band and each section having formed on the abutting face thereof Va series of .interdigitated fingers adapted to socket in corre-V sjfionding sockets on the face of the oppositev section and a pin passing through said interdigitating fingers for locking the two sections together.

In witness whereof, I PAUL B, REEVES" have hereunto set my hand at` Columbus, Indiana, this V8th day of April, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

PAULl B. REEVES.

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